Japanese fastener giant YKK names new president- Nikkei Asian Review

Article by · 2016/12/26 ·

Tapping China experience, new chief to spearhead Asian expansion

YKK has appointed Executive Vice President Hiroaki Otani as its next president.
TOKYO — YKK announced that Executive Vice President Hiroaki Otani will become president April 1. He will take the helm of the world’s leading zipper maker just as it embarks on a new four-year business plan.

Otani, 57, joined YKK in 1982 after graduating from Kobe’s Konan University with a degree in economics. The Hyogo Prefecture native was promoted to executive vice president in 2014. (…)

Hiroaki Otani

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